Legal Opinion
United States v. Estevan Ochoa-Gomez
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 28, 2015No. 13-41258PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Per curiam
Estevan Ochoa-Gomez (Defendant) challenges a two-level adjustment that the district court applied to his sentence for having exercised an aggravating role in the convicted offense. Because the record plausibly supports a finding that Defendant exercised management responsibility over the property, assets, or activities of a criminal organization — actions which our Court, sitting en banc, has held may war rant an aggravating role adjustment pursuant to § 3Bl.l(c) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines — we AFFIRM the district court’s judgment.
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- United States v. Leonard R. FullerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
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